21st Century Johnny Sokko - only the budget has changed

Rating: 3/10 (7 October 2013)

I heard the director talk about this film, which is why I am writing this review. He seemed to think he was making a story of valiant underdogs struggling against the odds. I can suspend disbelief and enjoy a movie fantasy as well as the next guy, but even for mindless entertainment, this is mindless. A hundred million dollars buys a lot of computer generated imagery, but that seems to be all it bought. The dialogue is just plain dire, a string of clichés, including the required "noooooo!". The acting is wooden, but with a script like this you can't expect much else. I just don't get how you can be given so much money for a project and produce something with so little impact. Hollywood has got to get past its green screens and start writing some stories to go with all the CGI.